Friday, July 27, 2012

JAI 128 Just add inspiration


Hello there,
well I have to be honest I breathed a sigh of relief when school holidays ended here this last weekend. I've discovered I am much more of a creature of habit than I suspected as I found the disruption to my usual routines, and stamping time not the easiest to deal with. So now that regular programming has resumed ;) at home, I can stamp again - insert happy dance here ;)

Ok this week at Just Add Ink we have an inspiration challenge for you. Originally I found inspiration challenges some of the hardest to do - where do you start?? But I've found over time they've grown on me and I love the fact that they give you a starting point but you can take it where you want!! So here is the gorgeous vibrant picture we have for you this week.

And this is what I came up with.
I think the main thing that struck me about the photo was the bright colours, flowers, and the striped pattern on the vase, so those were the elements that I wanted to use somehow. For some reason my gut was telling me to go CAS which is not the path I usually take and using lots of white space is also very challenging (usually I run screaming in the opposite direction - lol). But after one rejected dud I came up with this and I still really like it a week later :) There is just enough texture in this to keep my detail craving heart happy and I liked how I took some of the CAS ideas I've seen out in the blog world and used them to create my flower and who doesn't enjoy playing with twine :)

No inside pic this week - basically because at the momment it's still all white, although I do have another "flower" to go inside, just haven't worked out exactly where.

So why don't you see where our inspiration picture can take you this week ;) Have fun!
Thanks for visiting,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Button Buddies, Curly Cute
Cardstock: Whisper White
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
Accessories: Stripes embossing folder, Dotted scalloped ribbon border punch, Corner punch (R), Lucky Limeade twine, Double sided tape, Dimensionals

16 comments:

  1. just beatiful! I pinned this card.

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  2. saw this on pinterest and I loved the clean look!

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  3. This card is absolutely incredible. Beautiful, classy, cheerful, and inspiring. I love gorgeous CAS cards, but struggle to design them myself. This one, as you say, has the colour and texture to make it interesting. Thanks, so much, for sharing! Doris

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  4. This card is spectacular!!! I like SO much. :) Good job!

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  5. So proud of you! Lots of white space can be good and in this case it is great! I LOVE LOVE LOVE what you've created this week.

    Very clever to ink the stamp image in four different colours the way you have. Such a great card. Have I gushed enough now do you think lol?

    x

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  6. I like the 'quadri-coloured' flower, Kim. A great way to interpret the picture!

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  7. absolutely beautiful, it really cought my eye on the JAI challenge site, and I just had to check out your blog, very pleased I did :)

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  8. Kim, this is lovely! I really like CAS and the white is just so crisp and clean. Wonderful card, as usual xx

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  9. This is so CAS and so very clever. The bonus is you can make another 3 cards pretty quickly!

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  10. Kim I LOOOOOOOOVE this card! Such a great idea :)

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  11. This is gorgeous Kim. I love how you've stamped the flower in different colours. It's a really eye-catching card.

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  12. Absolutely stunning Kim! This is CAS and classy and such a beautiful use of the inspiration pic....loooove it! xxx

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  13. I loved this one as soon as I saw it Kim - it's very clever. Love how've you used all the colours from the inspiration pic!

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  14. Such a pretty, happy card Kim!
    :-)

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  15. This is such a nice card! The first words which come to my mind are: simple and elegant.

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